What's your wash/wax procedure?

[flyn high again]

A new forum appears!!!

To start it off, let's hear what you people do to make your babies look beautiful.

I wash my car using a clean sponge and Meguire's car wash soap. Then I use a leaf blower to dry the car. This also works great if I've washed the engine. It dries out the electronics well. Next, I polish or sometimes clay bar. Sometimes I'll use 3M's Hand Glaze to bring out the shine. Then it's a coat or two of P21S paste wax to protect the finish.

 

[hdotis69]

I own a detail shop so mine gets washed regular. I dry it with a lamb skin shammy and wax it about every other month unless it just needs it. Basically it gets a basic detail once or twice a week.

 

[2000 MGT]

1.) rinse car down
3.) spray engine bay with Griots Garage engine cleaner, rinse off, start engine, idle, rev 3-4 times, turn off car
2.) spray on Griots Garage wheel cleaner...wait a min or two and spray off
3.) use Griots Garage soap and wash my car, rinse, dry
4.) use Griots Garage speedshine and claybar
5.) use Pro Gold and buff my car
6.) use Zymol and wax my car with orbital waxer
7.) clean interior

 

[Juiced-03]

Wow what a great forum idea!!

 

[Oh Three Cobra]

Wow. I thought I was the only one that used a leaf blower to dry the car. My neighbors used to look at me like I was an idot. I would use it to get the water out ofthe cracks before using an absorber for final wipe down. I use exclusively zaino to polish the car.

 

[Mattz]

Well currently I'd wash the car with Meguairs (sp?) then I'd clay bar the car, wash it again with same soap, then I'd apply some NXT. Seems to work pretty good. I ordered a PC online the other day and I'm going to order a whole boatload of stuff to use, so I'll let you guys know how it turns out.

 

[Nicky Pass]

Zaino Z7 Car Wash
Zaino Z18 Clay Bar
Megs #9 W/PC and Orange Pad
Zaino Z5 Polish x 2
Zaino Z2 Polish x 2

....I'm thinking of switching to PoorBoys or ClearKote.

 

[PimpJuiceFord]

Wash car using Meguiars NXT Gen car soap
Dry off (duh )
Clean rims
Apply meguiars tire gel
Wax vehicle

 

[Mattz]

Originally posted by Nicky P 03 SVT
Zaino Z7 Car Wash
Zaino Z18 Clay Bar
Megs #9 W/PC and Orange Pad
Zaino Z5 Polish x 2
Zaino Z2 Polish x 2

....I'm thinking of switching to PoorBoys or ClearKote.

VM topped with EXP?

 

[kissmyAZZure]

Lather
rinse
repeat if necessary

 

[StngStr]

Meguirs car wash soap, Meguires Gold class wax.

Wash top, rinse top
wash windows, rinse windows
dry top and windows
wash trunklid, open trunklid
wash rear bumper
wash hood, open hood
dry trunklid, dry rear bumper
close hood, dry hood, open hood
wash pass. rear 1/4 panel, rinse
wash pass. door and front fender, rinse
wash drivers rear 1/4, rinse
wash drivers door and front fender, rinse
dry 1/4 panels, doors, and front fenders
wash front bumper, headlights, detail engine
dry front bumper, headlights, engine
wash wheels, dry wheels
Wet Tire shine all tires, clean excess
wax top, hood, trunklid
remove wax from top, hood, trunklid
wax front clip, fenders, doors, rear 1/4's, rear bumper, and wheels
remove wax from front clip, fenders, doors, 1/4's, rear bumper, and wheels
vacuum interior
wipe down interior

Park in garage and avoid rain, puddles, dirt like the plague.

 

[The Pun]

1. pull into Turtle Wax
2. get out of car and say "super turtle"
3. watch it go through the wash
4. hand kid 3-4 bucks and drive away

I am lazy, hate working on or washing my car myself.

 

[Juiced-03]

Originally posted by 10th03Cobra
1. pull into Turtle Wax
2. get out of car and say "super turtle"
3. watch it go through the wash
4. hand kid 3-4 bucks and drive away

I am lazy, hate working on or washing my car myself.

lol :beer:

 

[Nicky Pass]

NO WAY!.....I'm he only one that touches my baby!

 

[WIRELESS]

Wash 1 -2 times per week usually with Meguiars Gold Soap.
Use all kinds of polish and waxes from Meguiars and Griot's Garage, but currenty like the NXT on my black Cobra. Apply with a PC and white pad. Finish with micro fiber.....

 

[99cobrablack]

I have a 5 gallon bucket of Texaco's car was soap from when my grandpa was a texaco dealer(quit in 1972 ha!) it is powderred, but I get my soap mixture with some vegetable oil, then I was the entire car. Rinsing as I go, dry with a soft towel. Then depending if swirl-makrs ect. show up I either buff by machine, or hand with wax-shops safe-cut to take any imperfections out, go over whole car with a safe rag to remove and left-over residue, then I wax with wax-shops superglaze liquid wax. I do the tires, afterwords, and motor every-so often. It hardly ever gets dirty.

 

[JerseyGT]

Depending how dirty, I power wash it (car wash) style. Otherwise strickly Meguiars gold class wash, Meg. Cleaner wax, Meg. Gold Class. Depending on the shine a longevity of the wax I'll use Meg. Cleaner wax, and 3M Liquid Wax and Showroom glaze works everytime.

 

[EastCoast5.0]

Rinse, Wash/lather, rinse, dry. Depending on mood maybe a coat of Mothers Caranuba(sp?) wax. If i feel like getting into it or it's been a while, I'll go balls to the wall...

1) Rinse, Clean, dry
2) Claybar
3) Wash, clean, dry
4) 3 step Mothers Wax.
(This pretty much kicks the shit out of me, I avoid till about twice a year)

 

[Big Casino]

Originally posted by Mattz
VM topped with EXP?

especially on white!!!

I used Zaino for about 5 years and never tried anything new. I wish I would have tried other stuff sooner.

 

[mystic04]

wash
clay bar twice a year if needed is garaged kept so not out in the weather often. dosen't get driven in the rain or snow.
dry by hand or blower
look for the klasses twins bottles
polish with AIO or other polished depends on whats needed at the time.
SGx3
wax #16 x2
porter cable buffer used
used AIO on my wheels
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